Unless you are using gnome, you don't need pulseaudio, if this is the case maybe I can help, as this is what I have. Now I use hardware speech, but I have used software speech before, using speechd-up and speech-dispatcher.
Mark Peveto <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm trying to configure something, I really don't care what, but something as > a console screen reader. Espeakup and other things seem to conflict with > pulseaudio, and gives me errors. Ditching pulseaudio hasn't worked out for > me, so it's my understanding that brltty is a solution. I'm just trying to > get these consoles talking. That's pretty much all I wanna do, and i"m > frustratingly having little to no luck. At the moment i"m logged in to f123 > visual. I'm having to ssh into that box in order to do any console work, and > that's just not always practical. I'm hoping with all my heart someone > can help. Sorry if this reply seems sharp, I'm just not getting anywhere, > and hate like everything being stuck. > Catch ya later! :) > Mark Peveto > Registered Linux user number 600552 > Sent from vinux using alpine 2.20.13 > > > On Mon, 30 May 2016, [email protected] wrote: > > > Why are you trying to do that? There are better alternatives, such as > > speakup, or if you like emacs emacspeak. > > > > Mark Peveto <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I get that. I'm heavily involved in my church as well. But to answer > > > your question, I'm not using a braille display. I want to use brltty as > > > a speech > > > screen reader. > > > > > > Mark Peveto > > > Registered Linux user number 600552 > > > Sent from F123 visual using alpine 2.20.13 > > > > > > > > > On Mon, 30 May 2016, Dave Mielke wrote: > > > > > > > [quoted lines by Mark Peveto on 2016/05/30 at 22:02 -0500] > > > > > > > > >I'm wondering what all needs to be configured to use brltty as a screen > > > > >reader. > > > > > > > > For a braille screen reader, all the defaults tend to be all you need. > > > > The > > > > exception to this is spcifying the braille device if it's Bluetooth or > > > > serial > > > > since the default braille device is USB autodetection. > > > > > > > > >I"ve set the speech driver, or at least I think I have. I'm not sure > > > > >if I > > > > >need to set it for espeak, or speech dispatcher. > > > > > > > > We can't tell you what you should set the speech driver to. That depends > > > > entirely on which one you'd prefer to use. > > > > > > > > >Like Kendell, it's monotone when it speaks, but at this point, if i > > > > >can get > > > > >this console speaking, it'd make my day. > > > > > > > > Are you, then, wanting to use brltty as a speech screen reader? > > > > > > > > >Wrokign with f123, a manjaro based distro. I know kendell's working > > > > >on it for > > > > >sonar, but I'd like to learn how to apply this for f123, too. I'm not > > > > >trying > > > > >to compete, > > > > > > > > :-) It's not competition when more than one user is wanting to achieve a > > > > similar goal. In fact, combining efforts is often the most efficient > > > > way to go. > > > > > > > > >I just wanna see 'em both talk, so would like to learn how to > > > > >configure this > > > > >myself, if someone on this list is willing to help me learn. Since > > > > >Kendell's > > > > >tackling it, I thought of asking him, but Kendell, friend, I know > > > > >you've got > > > > >yoru hanbds full with all you'e got going and don't have the time to > > > > >help me > > > > >with a curiosity project. > > > > > > > > The truth is that all of us have our hands full. Not only with brltty, > > > > by the > > > > way. Some of us have families, some of us play in orchestras, some of > > > > us are > > > > dating, some of us have jobs that earn our income, some of us allocate > > > > time to > > > > religious involvement, etc. We all have full lives. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Dave Mielke | 2213 Fox Crescent | The Bible is the very Word > > > > of God. > > > > Phone: 1-613-726-0014 | Ottawa, Ontario | http://Mielke.cc/bible/ > > > > EMail: [email protected] | Canada K2A 1H7 | http://FamilyRadio.org/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. > > > > To post a message, send an e-mail to: [email protected] > > > > For general information, go to: http://mielke.cc/mailman/listinfo/brltty > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. > > > To post a message, send an e-mail to: [email protected] > > > For general information, go to: http://mielke.cc/mailman/listinfo/brltty > > > > > > > -- > > Your life is like a penny. 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